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here is more from his interview talking about osama bin laden's killing. the president failed to do something. let's listen. >> i was glad they got him, but two, they needed to recognize as some have although he never has you will the work that was done over a period of ten years to make that possible. >> so the president never recognized all the good work done. that would be a good point if it were true. it's not though. the president repeatedly thanked the community and given them credit. just days after the killing of bin laden, he went to the headquarters to speak to the community in person and here's the president's message that cheney must have missed. let's listen. >> today i have returned just to say thank you. on behalf of all americans and people around the world. because you carried on. you stayed focused on your mission and you honored the memory of your fallen colleagues. i wanted every one of you to know at the cia and across the community to every step you did and the quality of the intelligence you provided made the critical difference. >>
here is more from his interview talking about osama bin laden's killing. the president failed to do something. let's listen. >> i was glad they got him, but two, they needed to recognize as some have although he never has you will the work that was done over a period of ten years to make that possible. >> so the president never recognized all the good work done. that would be a good point if it were true. it's not though. the president repeatedly thanked the community and given them...
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bin laden right that was a that was a great move however larry some of the information to get osama bin laden was first we got that intel from waterboarding down and on to on hanssen tera geisha don't want to obey which was dick cheney's program and i know it's unpopular like dick cheney but dick cheney did a great thing there. are you a little goose or earned about one sixty percent of the american public doesn't approve of the job the congressional republicans are doing bob dole recently said...
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osama bin laden tried to take responsibility for it. >> u.s. soldiers were killed, as well as thousands of civilians. >> thousands were killed. it is one of the only things you don't know about somalia, black hawk down. it is like the vietnam war. do people know that multimillion vietnamese were killed? it is the same with the black hawk down incident. thousands of somalis were butchered. >> when the u.s. helicopters came in under george h w bush. >> well, president clinton ended rangers inthe army the u.s. presence out of somalia, but they were hunting , who was basically destroyed mogadishu and created a situation where you have a civil war in somalia. the point i'm getting at here is non-abaab was largely a player in somalia and al qaeda had almost no presence there, and the u.s., by backing these warlords made the very force that they claim to be trying to fight the most powerful force in somalia. >> what is at stake for the u.s. in east africa and the horn of africa? >> initially, it started with a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11. the fact was
osama bin laden tried to take responsibility for it. >> u.s. soldiers were killed, as well as thousands of civilians. >> thousands were killed. it is one of the only things you don't know about somalia, black hawk down. it is like the vietnam war. do people know that multimillion vietnamese were killed? it is the same with the black hawk down incident. thousands of somalis were butchered. >> when the u.s. helicopters came in under george h w bush. >> well, president...
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. >> the day after president obama told the country osama bin laden had been captured and killed, or actually killed, abc's jonathan karl interviewed cheney. let's listen. >> reporter: are we safe for now? >> i think so. but it's a kind of situation where we need to preserve ourselves of vigilance, if you will. we need to stay just as vigilant as we have been. >> back to david. i mean, this is an important transition from cheneyism to obamaism. obama is fighting the war because we have to fight it because the americans at the same time. cheney wasn't actually upset being in. he seemed to be at home with it. not saying that he liked war but he rel ishld the experience of fighting it and he seemed to like this notion that it would never end and that it was an existential threat k. he talked about the terrorism threat from al qaeda as if it threatened america's very existence. everybody began to talk like that. the idea there would be bombs dropped, nuclear weapons. the idea we would be facing 9/11s every other weekend. this thing seemed to be totally out of proportion to what we faced.
. >> the day after president obama told the country osama bin laden had been captured and killed, or actually killed, abc's jonathan karl interviewed cheney. let's listen. >> reporter: are we safe for now? >> i think so. but it's a kind of situation where we need to preserve ourselves of vigilance, if you will. we need to stay just as vigilant as we have been. >> back to david. i mean, this is an important transition from cheneyism to obamaism. obama is fighting the war...
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bin laden right that was a that was a great move however larry some of the information to get osama bin laden was first we got that intel from waterboarding down in quantico and hanssen tara geisha donna guantanamo bay which was dick cheney's program and i know it's unpopular like dick cheney but dick cheney did a great thing there. are you a little goose earned about one sixty percent of the american public doesn't approve of the job the congressional republicans are doing bob dole recently...
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coming out why did it take the combination of things to get to osama bin laden? >> well, it was very hard to get to him. but my point here is it was a hell of a lot that was important as important at least, maybe more important than getting bin laden and we got that information. things like, for example, heading off attacks against the homeland. the kinds of things that are listed in this now declassified report that we learned from k.s.m.. >> rose: let me make a couple point which is you've heard before. number one, this comes from people like john mccain and others who very much oppose enhanced interrogation. >> john and i argued on many occasions. >> rose: exactly right. and he has some experience, as obviously he does. and other people, a, because of american values, even stanley mcchrystal has said this. >> i read his book. it's a good book. >> rose: all right. do you agree with his position? >> no. >> rose: and when we say "enhanced interrogation" why don't we call it what many people believe it ought to be called, torture. >> because it's not. >> rose: wha
coming out why did it take the combination of things to get to osama bin laden? >> well, it was very hard to get to him. but my point here is it was a hell of a lot that was important as important at least, maybe more important than getting bin laden and we got that information. things like, for example, heading off attacks against the homeland. the kinds of things that are listed in this now declassified report that we learned from k.s.m.. >> rose: let me make a couple point which...
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here he is talking about osama bin laden's killing. according to cheney, the president failed to do something. let's listen. >> one, i was glad they got him. two, they needed to recognize as some have although he never really has all the work that was done by our intel professionals over ten years to make that possible. >> so the president never recognized all the good work done by our agencies. that would be a good point, of course, if it were true. of course it's not. he's repeatedly given them credit. just days after the killing of bin laden, he even went to the cia headquarters to talk in person. here's this president's message that cheney must have missed. let's listen. >> today i've returned just to say thank you. on behalf of all americans and people around the world, because you carried on, you stayed focused on your mission, you honored the memory of your fallen colleagues. i wanted every single one of you to know whether you work at the cia or across the community, at every step of our effort to take out bin laden, the work y
here he is talking about osama bin laden's killing. according to cheney, the president failed to do something. let's listen. >> one, i was glad they got him. two, they needed to recognize as some have although he never really has all the work that was done by our intel professionals over ten years to make that possible. >> so the president never recognized all the good work done by our agencies. that would be a good point, of course, if it were true. of course it's not. he's...
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. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad. >> i was in the room during that time. and he was very adamant about perhaps seeing whether or not iraq could conduct such an operation against the united states. i was surprised when the president left the room. i said, i believe secretary wolfowitz got to him. >> paul wolfowitz, bush's deputy secretary of defense has had saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. >> every time he survives something he sends a message to his enemies, i outlast my enemies, and if you are on the wrong list when i'm still around, you'll be in trouble. >> paul wolfowitz had become convinced that if we
. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad....
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journalist his found out, after the raid to -- kill osama bin laden or seize osama bin laden, if they had disclosed that as the helicopters were going over pakistan. there need to be limits -- we need to have an intelligent debate and not say that reporters have an absolute right to publish anything that has been given to them. with the pentagon papers, for instance, the justice saying he would vote to affirm the conviction of someone for releasing classified information. i don't believe it's an absolute right. i think it should be very, very seldom looked at. but if have you serious, serious violations of national security, i don't think the reporters should happening they have nothing to be concerned about. >> congressman peter king, thank you for joining us, along with the questions that people have that will continue to develop on this story. thank you. >> heather, thank you. >> eric: it turns out that edward snowden is only the late nest a long list ever intelligence agents or official who is have revealed government secrets n. a long career, liz trotta has met some of the others
journalist his found out, after the raid to -- kill osama bin laden or seize osama bin laden, if they had disclosed that as the helicopters were going over pakistan. there need to be limits -- we need to have an intelligent debate and not say that reporters have an absolute right to publish anything that has been given to them. with the pentagon papers, for instance, the justice saying he would vote to affirm the conviction of someone for releasing classified information. i don't believe it's...
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talking about osama bin laden's killing. according to cheney, the president failed to do something. let's listen. >> one, i was glad they got him. two, they needed to recognize as some have although he never really has all the work that was done by our intel professionals over ten years to make that possible. >> so the president never recognized all the good work done by our agencieagencies. it's not true. he's repeatedly given them credit. just days after the killing of bin laden, he even went to the cia headquarters to talk in person. here's this president's message that cheney must have missed. >> they have returned just to say thank you. on behalf of all americans and people around the world, because you carried on, you stayed focused on your mission, you honored the memory of your fallen colleagues. i wanted every single one of you to know whether you work at the cia or across the community, at every step of our effort to take out bin laden, the work you did and the quality of the intelligence you provided made the critical difference. >> clarence? >> let's be clear. dick chene
talking about osama bin laden's killing. according to cheney, the president failed to do something. let's listen. >> one, i was glad they got him. two, they needed to recognize as some have although he never really has all the work that was done by our intel professionals over ten years to make that possible. >> so the president never recognized all the good work done by our agencieagencies. it's not true. he's repeatedly given them credit. just days after the killing of bin laden,...
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bin laden when guys like chuck hagel were saying okay, osama bin laden is dead. can we go now? we have not gone. and there is potentially another two years of it not ending ahead of us. by picking chuck hagel as defense secretary today, yes, the president has picked a political fight, although probably it's one that he can win. but by picking john brennan and chuck hagel together today, the president has made a complicated but emphatic statement about national security and how he intends to be remembered. and how he intends to either keep fighting or bringing americans home from the fighting after 12 long years over the course of this second presidential term. joining us now is andrea mitchell. she is nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent. andrea, thanks for being here. i appreciate you taking the time. >> thank you. happy new year. i haven't seen you since the new year. >> thank you. why was john brennan too hot a political potato in 2009, but he is not too hot now? >> you know, i've been thinking than question. and certainly the president had to be much mor
bin laden when guys like chuck hagel were saying okay, osama bin laden is dead. can we go now? we have not gone. and there is potentially another two years of it not ending ahead of us. by picking chuck hagel as defense secretary today, yes, the president has picked a political fight, although probably it's one that he can win. but by picking john brennan and chuck hagel together today, the president has made a complicated but emphatic statement about national security and how he intends to be...
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will we be arming the next osama bin laden? a very good question and one that a lot of people have been asking. michael from utah agrees that we should think twice before getting involved. he said, quote, i would love to see this government spend the money on infrastructure and rebuilding our our country. if we are strong at home, we will be strong in the world. ruthy says peace talks and diplomacy. if we can't make peace, what good are we? and david said within quote, potus should be extremely cautious about syria. we don't know who the resistance represents. also, where's israel? this is a lot of the conversation going on. please keep the great comments coming. keep looking for us on facebook and twitter. that does it for me. thank you so much for watching. and make sure to tune in for more disruption next saturday and sunday. but don't go anywhere. "the ed show" is next. ring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat more dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help s
will we be arming the next osama bin laden? a very good question and one that a lot of people have been asking. michael from utah agrees that we should think twice before getting involved. he said, quote, i would love to see this government spend the money on infrastructure and rebuilding our our country. if we are strong at home, we will be strong in the world. ruthy says peace talks and diplomacy. if we can't make peace, what good are we? and david said within quote, potus should be extremely...
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bin laden. there's this movement occupy wall street which has spread from wall street to other cities they clearly don't think that you or republicans have done enough that you're part of the problem today i can report that as promised the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year kill list kill kill last kill list you're basing this on reports in the news that have never been confirmed by me effective immediately the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people the supreme court has upheld the individual mandate for me personally. it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married the unemployment rate fell below eight percent in september for the first time since two thousand and nine it is welcome news for president obama following what's been perceived as a weak performance during the debate against mitt romney to feel more carefully. the field work with
bin laden. there's this movement occupy wall street which has spread from wall street to other cities they clearly don't think that you or republicans have done enough that you're part of the problem today i can report that as promised the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year kill list kill kill last kill list you're basing this on reports in the news that have never been confirmed by me effective immediately the department of homeland security is taking steps to...
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he asks the aide to get evidence from wolfowitz of a saddam connection with ubl, osama bin laden. >> we all looked at each other like what are they talking about? who the hell -- saddam hussein? bipartisanship bin laden hates him. he is a heretic. there is no connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda. >> the word goes out to the cia, fbi, and all the intelligence services -- find the connection. first, though, the war on terror goeso afghanistan to capture or kill osama bin laden and destroy the taliban regime that supports al qaeda. by november, the enemy is on the run, forced to flee into the mountains and across the boarder to pakistan. but while bin laden remains at large, washington's attention turns to iraq, to saddam. >> i think the united states since desert storm has always had a various planning with respect to iraq. [ siren ] >> operation desert storm. also known as the first gulf war. in 1991 following iraq's invasion of kuwait, a u.s.-led coalition of 34 countries drives saddam's forces out of kuwait and decimates the iraqi army in six weeks. but despite that overwh
he asks the aide to get evidence from wolfowitz of a saddam connection with ubl, osama bin laden. >> we all looked at each other like what are they talking about? who the hell -- saddam hussein? bipartisanship bin laden hates him. he is a heretic. there is no connection between saddam hussein and al qaeda. >> the word goes out to the cia, fbi, and all the intelligence services -- find the connection. first, though, the war on terror goeso afghanistan to capture or kill osama bin...
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. >>> plus the man who shot osama bin laden, we don't know his name yet and have never seen his face yet, but the member of the s.e.a.l. team who pulled the trigger three times has told his story to esquire. we've got the author here tonight, phil bron steen. let me finish with some thoughts on the stipe of republican dick cheney leads. the kind that would believe in him. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios the battle of bataan, 1942. [ all ] fort benning, georgia, in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto-insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new sing
. >>> plus the man who shot osama bin laden, we don't know his name yet and have never seen his face yet, but the member of the s.e.a.l. team who pulled the trigger three times has told his story to esquire. we've got the author here tonight, phil bron steen. let me finish with some thoughts on the stipe of republican dick cheney leads. the kind that would believe in him. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain...
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bin laden and they got the training camps and of course the 19 guys that came here with airline tickets and box cutters and killed 3,000 americans. >> rose: do you think so terror is greater than it was. >> i do. >> rose: than 9/11. >> if you look at the economists had a nice article in cover story here a few weeks ago and said a new face of terrorism. had a map inside, had ten states that are now are potential sanctuaries for the al-qaeda types. so you got more area now where they can find safe haven. you've got greater danger through proliferation. >> rose: al-qaeda itself is not as strong. >> it has been decimated but they've also regrouped, they're very active in yemen and the arabian peninsula. we saw what happened in benghazi, fellow travels i don't know if it makes any difference. >> rose: left me stay with that. the big decisions, big question is should they have been able to defend those american diplomats in ben benghazi. >> why didn't they have that. we used to plan they'd hit us on 9/11 if they could. >> rose: you mean every 9/11. >> every 9111 on the anniversary. you've got
bin laden and they got the training camps and of course the 19 guys that came here with airline tickets and box cutters and killed 3,000 americans. >> rose: do you think so terror is greater than it was. >> i do. >> rose: than 9/11. >> if you look at the economists had a nice article in cover story here a few weeks ago and said a new face of terrorism. had a map inside, had ten states that are now are potential sanctuaries for the al-qaeda types. so you got more area now...
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. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad. >> i was in the room during that time. and he was very adamant about perhaps seeing whether or not iraq could conduct such an operation against the united states. i was surprised when the president left the room. i said, i believe secretary wolfowitz got to him. >> paul wolfowitz, bush's deputy secretary of defense has had saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. >> every time he survives something he sends a message to his enemies, i outlast my enemies, and if you are on the wrong list when i'm still around, you'll be in trouble. >> paul wolfowitz had become convinced that if we
. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad....
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osama bin laden met justice. the war in afghanistan will end next year. >> well, those are the points on the board. how's it add up to making us a stronger part in the middle east for our friends, and able to reduce the number of our enemies perhaps? >> well, i think first of all politically it's interesting to hear him at a time when his approval rating overall is low to remind people of his achievements. i think that's a smart and good thing for him to do. in terms of the middle east, i think he's got a very full and complex hand to play i agree with david, by the way, about sanctions. i think that did help. maybe they expected obama to dial back on that and he didn't do it. and that probably did help in iran. he's got to deal with the saudis and israelis. but he's dealing with people who all want and need american leadership at this point. that's the key to it. and in that sense, our involvement is something he can sort of harvest for the benefit of diplomacy. not everybody would have the foresight or discipli
osama bin laden met justice. the war in afghanistan will end next year. >> well, those are the points on the board. how's it add up to making us a stronger part in the middle east for our friends, and able to reduce the number of our enemies perhaps? >> well, i think first of all politically it's interesting to hear him at a time when his approval rating overall is low to remind people of his achievements. i think that's a smart and good thing for him to do. in terms of the middle...
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this i go never got close to killing osama bin laden. and the fact is that and now dick cheney has the nerve to go on national television and say president obama has no credibility. almost as outrageous as shooting someone in the face and getting away with it. president obama has done more to dismantle al qaeda in one term than bush and cheney did in two terms. he killed osama bin laden and has taken a number of other ranking al qaeda members. even in the outrage, president obama is doing just fine. apparently america has no problem with it. his approval rating hasn't taken a hit. even during the so-called scandals. americans trust this president. this man provided healthcare for 30 million uninsured people. saved the american automobile industry. created 6 million private sector jobs. who do you want to be believe in the backdrop, backdrop of this entire conversation that they can present to this country is that president obama is just a damn crook and whatever we throw up there you should believe. whether it is the irs, benghazi, no ma
this i go never got close to killing osama bin laden. and the fact is that and now dick cheney has the nerve to go on national television and say president obama has no credibility. almost as outrageous as shooting someone in the face and getting away with it. president obama has done more to dismantle al qaeda in one term than bush and cheney did in two terms. he killed osama bin laden and has taken a number of other ranking al qaeda members. even in the outrage, president obama is doing just...
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and osama bin laden. there go. and there never was one and then never will be one it's all a lie and that's that's really what people need to know and understand that that was a total fraud perpetrated upon americans or to get them to. back the war into iraq you know when when were you for it when it was a first suggested to you that there might be a connection between saddam hussein and also the no you know not not that there might no i take exception with you of course are but that exception is the word that might be then never was it was something that was put forward to create the never was a mite. none whatsoever so it was something that was needed to be created in order to get americans to swallow the pill that. mr hussein had to pay for the invasion of america and the sad thing that that hurts any honest investigator of any great and any person who reads with any any kind of education a little. part of my rambling in the respect that i get still so i guess worked up about it that people still believe that bi
and osama bin laden. there go. and there never was one and then never will be one it's all a lie and that's that's really what people need to know and understand that that was a total fraud perpetrated upon americans or to get them to. back the war into iraq you know when when were you for it when it was a first suggested to you that there might be a connection between saddam hussein and also the no you know not not that there might no i take exception with you of course are but that exception...
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who shot and killed osama bin laden has given his personal account of the raid that night. speaking exclusively to my old editor at "the san francisco chronicle" and now executive chairman of the center for investigative reporting, phil bronstein. in the march edition of "esquire," the former navy s.e.a.l. gives chilling details from counting back and forth to a thousand which he did during the 90 minute helicopter ride to abbottabad, and then thinking about a quote from george bush's speech. then storming bin laden's compound and walking through the dark hallway to the third floor. the navy s.e.a.l. says, quote, he looked confused and way taller than he was expecting. he's got a gun within reach and he's a threat. in that second i shot him in the forehead. bap, bap. the second time as he was going down. he crumples onto the floor in front of his bed, and i hit him again, bap. the second time as he's going down, he crumpled in front of his bed. i hit him again. he also talks about his uncertain future, and living in constant fear that his identity could be exposed, even tel
who shot and killed osama bin laden has given his personal account of the raid that night. speaking exclusively to my old editor at "the san francisco chronicle" and now executive chairman of the center for investigative reporting, phil bronstein. in the march edition of "esquire," the former navy s.e.a.l. gives chilling details from counting back and forth to a thousand which he did during the 90 minute helicopter ride to abbottabad, and then thinking about a quote from...